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Default Partition: with no PARTITION BY clause, the entire Default ORDER BY: with no ORDER BY clause, the order of
SYNTAX result set is the partition. rows within each partition is arbitrary.
1. FROM, JOIN 7. SELECT As of 2020, GROUPS is only supported in PostgreSQL 11 and up.
2. WHERE 8. DISTINCT
3. GROUP BY 9. UNION/INTERSECT/EXCEPT
4. aggregate functions 10. ORDER BY ABBREVIATIONS DEFAULT WINDOW FRAME
5. HAVING 11. OFFSET
6. window functions 12. LIMIT/FETCH/TOP Abbreviation Meaning If ORDER BY is specified, then the frame is
UNBOUNDED PRECEDING BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW RANGE BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND
n PRECEDING BETWEEN n PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW CURRENT ROW.
You can use window functions in SELECT and ORDER BY. However, you can’t put window functions anywhere in the FROM, CURRENT ROW BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND CURRENT ROW Without ORDER BY, the frame specification is
WHERE, GROUP BY, or HAVING clauses. n FOLLOWING BETWEEN AND CURRENT ROW AND n FOLLOWING ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND
UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING.
SQL Window Functions Cheat Sheet
LIST OF WINDOW FUNCTIONS RANKING FUNCTIONS DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
∙ row_number() − unique number for each row within partition, with different numbers ∙
percent_rank() − the percentile ranking number of a row—a value in [0, 1] interval:
Aggregate Functions for tied values (rank - 1) / (total number of rows - 1)
∙ avg() ∙ rank() − ranking within partition, with gaps and same ranking for tied values ∙
cume_dist() − the cumulative distribution of a value within a group of values, i.e., the number of
∙ count() ∙ dense_rank() − ranking within partition, with no gaps and same ranking for tied values rows with values less than or equal to the current row’s value divided by the total number of rows;
∙ max() a value in (0, 1] interval
∙
min() row_number rank dense_rank
city price percent_rank() OVER(ORDER BY sold) cume_dist() OVER(ORDER BY sold)
over(order by price)
∙ sum() Paris 7 1 1 1 city sold percent_rank city sold cume_dist
Rome 7 2 1 1 Paris 100 0 Paris 100 0.2
Ranking Functions London 8.5 3 3 2 Berlin 150 0.25 Berlin 150 0.4
∙ row_number() Berlin 8.5 4 3 2 Rome 200 0.5 Rome 200 0.8
Moscow 9 5 5 3 without this row 50% of 80% of values are
∙ rank() Moscow 200 0.5 Moscow 200 0.8
Madrid 10 6 6 4 values are less than this less than or equal
London 300 1 London 300 1
∙ dense_rank() Oslo 10 7 6 4 row’s value to this one
Distribution Functions ORDER BY and Window Frame: rank() and dense_rank() require ORDER BY, but ORDER BY and Window Frame: Distribution functions require ORDER BY. They do not accept window frame
∙ percent_rank() row_number() does not require ORDER BY. Ranking functions do not accept window definition (ROWS, RANGE, GROUPS).
frame definition (ROWS, RANGE, GROUPS).
∙ cume_dist()
Analytic Functions
∙ lead()
ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS ∙
first_value(expr) − the value for the first row within the window frame
∙
lead(expr, offset, default) − the value for the row offset rows after the current; offset and ∙
last_value(expr) − the value for the last row within the window frame
∙ lag()
default are optional; default values: offset = 1, default = NULL
∙
ntile()
∙
lag(expr, offset, default) − the value for the row offset rows before the current; offset and first_value(sold) OVER last_value(sold) OVER
∙ first_value() (PARTITION BY city ORDER BY month) (PARTITION BY city ORDER BY month
default are optional; default values: offset = 1, default = NULL
∙ last_value() RANGE BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING
lead(sold) OVER(ORDER BY month) lag(sold) OVER(ORDER BY month) city month sold first_value AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING)
∙ nth_value() Paris 1 500 500
month sold month sold city month sold last_value
order by month
order by month
Paris 2 300 500
1 500 300 1 500 NULL Paris 3 400 500 Paris 1 500 400
2 300 400 2 300 500 Rome 2 200 200 Paris 2 300 400
Paris 3 400 400
AGGREGATE FUNCTIONS 3 400 100 3 400 300 Rome 3 300 200
Rome 2 200 500
4 100 500 4 100 400 Rome 4 500 200
5 500 NULL 5 500 100 Rome 3 300 500
∙
avg(expr) − average value for Rome 4 500 500
rows within the window frame
lead(sold, 2, 0) OVER(ORDER BY month) lag(sold, 2, 0) OVER(ORDER BY month)
Note: You usually want to use RANGE BETWEEN
month sold month sold
order by month
order by month
∙
count(expr) − count of values UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND UNBOUNDED
offset=2
1 500 400 1 500 0
for rows within the window FOLLOWING with last_value(). With the default
2 300 100 2 300 0
frame 3 400 500 3 400 500 window frame for ORDER BY, RANGE UNBOUNDED
offset=2
∙
ntile(n) − divide rows within a partition as equally as possible into n groups, and assign each ∙
nth_value(expr, n) − the value for the n-th row within the window frame; n must be an integer
∙
min(expr) − minimum value
row its group number. nth_value(sold, 2) OVER (PARTITION BY city
within the window frame ORDER BY month RANGE BETWEEN UNBOUNDED
ntile(3) PRECEDING AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING)
∙
sum(expr) − sum of values within city sold city month sold nth_value
the window frame Rome 100 1 Paris 1 500 300
Paris 100 1 1 1 Paris 2 300 300
London 200 1 Paris 3 400 300
Moscow 200 2 Rome 2 200 300
ORDER BY and Window Frame: Berlin 200 2 2 2
ORDER BY and Window Frame: ntile(), ORDER BY and Window Frame: first_value(),
Rome 3 300 300
Aggregate functions do not require an Madrid 300 2 lead(), and lag() require an ORDER BY. Rome 4 500 300
last_value(), and nth_value() do not
ORDER BY. They accept window frame Oslo 300 3 They do not accept window frame definition Rome 5 300 300 require an ORDER BY. They accept window frame
3 3
definition (ROWS, RANGE, GROUPS). Dublin 300 3 (ROWS, RANGE, GROUPS). London 1 100 NULL definition (ROWS, RANGE, GROUPS).
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